This
is a video compilation made from the photos and video of all the
entries for the Bullseye, The Target Dog, Dress-Up Contest from 2010
that took place at my then place of employment. Here on YouTube, I'd
previously shared just the video that I took which didn't include all
the entries because the battery of my camera had run out. Thankfully, I
had taken photos of all of them. The photos themselves were previously
only shared on my Facebook.
For
this contest, teams received a Bullseye to dress up as they sit fit for
the holiday season. As you can see by the photos and video, the teams
were quite curative and some even adventurous in their reimagining of
what Bullseye got to wear. Unclear who won as I didn't keep that info.
Have you ever had a Plushie Dress Up Contest?
Audio:
"Bells" by SideTrax from the Arpeggios music pack 29 for which I
acquired the license through Humble Bundle via the Cinematic Soundwaves -
The Sequel bundle and "Christmas Village" by Aaron Kenny from the
YouTube audio library. I also added "Jingle Bells" sound effect from the
YouTube audio library sprinkled throughout. At the end is the short
video and left its sound as captured but with some of the jingle bells
overlapping.
I'd originally only shared the card pull photo on other socials.
The original post description: Today's #Tarot card is the Six of Wands from The Witches Tarot by Ellen Cannon Reed and Martin Cannon.
Illumination,
realization of bigger things, teaching, spiritual growth, humility,
realization that there is a pattern to the universe. This often comes
after an extremely difficult and trying period in life.
========================= From December 14, 2009 =========================
This
is the promotional video received on Monday, December 14, 2009 with the
subject, "Target presents Nuestra Navidad on Univsion: Dec 17 and Dec
25." This was part of the multicultural marketing by Target at the time
with the TV special to be broadcast in Spanish at 9 p.m. CT Thursday,
Dec. 17, on Univision. It would be rebroadcasted at 10 a.m. CT on
Christmas Day.
The program featured a visit to the White House
for an interview with President Obama and longtime Target partner Gloria
Estefan.
Also showcased was P.S. 155 in East Harlem New York,
where Target and local team members had recently renovated the library -
donating thousands of books and creating an inspiring space for kids to
learn, thrive and grow. The segment included interviews with Principal
Lillian Ortiz, the school librarian and some very happy students, as
well as holiday music performances by David Archuleta and Latin
entertainer PeeWee.
The broadcast also included performances by
various artists as well as a look at singer/songwriter Luis Fonsi's
visit to Target House, a free home-away-from-home for families receiving
long-term treatment at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
As
the sole sponsor of the program, Target ran their Spanish-language
holiday TV spots, as well as their Dream in Color spot celebrating
Hispanic heritage that featured Principal Lillian Ortiz and Luis Fonsi,
as well as actress Elizabeth Pena and racecar driver Juan Pablo Montoya
of the Target Racing Team.
This video may be a bit pixelated
since I enlarged it to fit. Additionally, although I didn't record the
program itself, you may be able to find some of the performances here on
YouTube and likely somewhere out through the innerwebs.
I
remember watching most of the program when it aired, mostly to watch
Thalia's holiday song performance but didn't record any of it. The video
is a little pixelated because I enlarged it.
The XIV - Grace from the Mystical Cats Tarot Deck was the card drawn on January 12th of 2023.
The
card was upside-down meaning Disunion, lack of harmony. Competing
interests, unfortunate combinations or alliances. Frustration,
impatience.
However although it may seem like you are stalled,
things really proceeding toward their proper ends and will arrive in
their proper times.
- I'd originally only shared the card pull
photo on other socials. For this video version I used CapCut to add a
bit of flair to the photo and added the title, date, and the reading. I
was originally just going to use it as is but decided that I first
wanted a clear view of the card as close to the original share/post on
other socials. This brought me to use my trusty old Camtasia 9 to put it
all together.
What you see on this short video for the first
several seconds is the card with just a tad of enhancements via Camtasia
9 then continue on to the CapCut version. All in all I think it came
out pretty neat.
Although on occasion I do play with
enhancements for videos/photos, particularly for my Amalgam Creative
Arts channel, I most often choose none to small amounts of enhancements
for No Tan Diario Chronicles. Do you like adding more or less
enhancements for videos/photos?
Audio: "Veracruz" by Quincas Moreiras from the YouTube audio library.
These
are photos of the volunteer event where a team of volunteers from work
got together to help setup one of the many Christmas trees that are set
up around the Phoenix Children's' Hospital. All the photos were taken
with my camera except the last one that one of the volunteers shared.
The tree we decorated we donated and decorated was located in one of the waiting room areas.
Audio:
"Lewes" by SideTrax from the Sunrise music pack 29 for which I acquired
the license through Humble Bundle via the Cinematic Soundwaves - The
Sequel bundle.
These are photos that I took on the first day of a series of dates where volunteers would create ornaments that would then adorn one of the many holiday trees that the Phoenix Children's Hospital places throughout their facility. Volunteers had from November 30th through December 2nd to assemble ornaments from craft kits.
Here is a video from photos I took from two work celebrations.
The
first was the launch of the new mission for the department I was
working in at the time. The new mission statement was, "Create guest
loyalty and enhance financial performance through a branded dispute
experience." We celebrated with cakes that we called Mission Momentum
Cake. Here you see the photos i took of the cakes and of the printed and
laminated mission statement.
The second was me celebrating ten
year anniversary working at Target. The photos I took of the
acknowledgement. The congratulations note was signed by the HR team, the
acknowledgement by then Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel, and also included a
$50 Target GiftCard.
As usual when I went to a new to me restaurant I like to take photos. These are the photos I took of what I believe was the first time I enjoyed a delicious meal at Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. For this first visit we of course had to try the famous fried chicken and pork chop.
From their site → https://www.mrswhitescafe.com/ : Mrs. Whites Cafe. A family-run business since its inception in 1964. We take great pride in serving classic soul food in a cozy, home-style atmosphere. Our recipes have been handed down through generations, allowing us to provide our customers with a truly unique and authentic experience. Come and enjoy a delicious meal at Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe.
You should definitely visit if you ever find yourself in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Before,
during, and after my time with the TFST Diversity Council—which would
undergo several name changes in the future, including Tempe Diversity
Council, Tempe Diversity & Inclusion Council, Tempe Inclusion
Council, and others—there were many brown bags (talks, presentations,
and the like) about different diversity, equity, and inclusion topics.
I
attended many brown bags throughout the years and helped coordinate
and/or assist on a few of them. What you see on this video is the
tri-fold takeaway that I put together for the A GLBT Brown Bag that took
place on November 02, 2010.
*Please note that any of the referenced resources/organizations may no longer be accurate or in existence.
On
the 30th of October from the year 2010, I participated in the 2010 JDRF
Walk to Cure Diabetes that was held at the Tempe Town Lake. I helped as
part of #TargetVolunteers in selling tickets for a raffle the event
organizers were doing. If I remember correctly, participants could buy a
string of tickets stretching their entire height for a set price. I
believe we also got to participate in the walk itself.
Because I
didn't take any photos of the event, I made this video of photos from
the screen capture of the email update of info for the volunteer event,
the map of the event, the map of where parking was available, and a
photo I took of the t-shirt we received.
The
JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes from 2008, took place on November 1st of the
same year. Although I wasn't able to the walk itself, I did volunteer
the Sunday prior to the event to help put together packs for the event. I
didn't previously create a video about this because I didn't take any
photos during the volunteer event.
The only thing I had was a
screen capture of the email we received from the event organizer. I then
went back to my blog and found that I had posted a brief recap of
various events from September through October of 2008 where I included a
few sentences about this event.
Original blog post: Quick recap
of October 2008... and September... →
https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2008/11/quick-recap-of-october-2008-and.html
Because
No Tan Diario Chonicles is about chronicling my small life where even
if there isn't a specific photo or video of an event, I decided to
screen cap that piece of the blog to add along with the screen capture
of the info email and make this short video to document. If ever I find
photos or videos that anyone else took at this volunteer event, I may
make an updated/new video for it. For now, this is what I have.
Stargate Special Edition | Main Title and Prologue: Egypt https://youtu.be/rwkUtA_dXZA
These
are the two initial scenes of the Stargate Special Edition movie, the
Main Title and Prologue: Egypt. The Main Title scene is the same on both
the theatrical and special edition. the Prologue: Egypt scene was not
in the original theatrical version and is part of what makes this
special edition unique. Before sharing the two scenes separately, I had
originally intended to upload them together because it's what builds
excitement to watch the movie.
Although this is my last upload
about for the foreseeable future about the Stargate Special Edition DVD,
I hope you have enjoyed this look into this fantastic movie and its
special edition DVD. May this brief look encourage you to go get
yourself a copy of Stargate Special Edition DVD but most importantly
watch it.
The other videos I've made from the Stargate Special Edition DVD:
This
is the start of the Stargate movie, the Main Title/Scene 1, on the
Stargate Special Edition DVD. The soundtrack and the visual of the Ra
headpiece always gets gets me excited to watch the movie. Even as I
extracted this for this post I couldn't help but watch it again.
You
may notice some slight skipping on the video which I believe is due to
having been in storage for a bit. Nonetheless, it is still enjoyable to
watch.
The other videos I've made from the Stargate Special Edition DVD:
On this video I go through the Stargate Special Edition DVD Scene Index menu.
There are 54 scenes to select from which are broken down into sets of four, except the last set which is the last two scenes. Here you see me first go through that main scene index menu. I then go back to select each set which brings you to the available scenes to choose from. The scenes that make up the 9 minutes of additional footage on this Stargate Special Edition DVD Dare denoted in the selectable scenes with a yellow border and titled Special Edition.
00:00 Stargate Special Edition 00:14 DVD Start Menu 00:20 Scene Index Menu 00:35 1-4 Main Title, Prologue: Egypt, Discovery 1928, Dr. Jackson's Lecture 00:42 5-8 Catherine's Offer, O'Neil, Cover Stone, Stellar Breakthrough 00:47 9-12 The Stargate, Opening the Gate, Probe on Soldiers, On the Team 00:50 13-16 The Fossil, Good Luck Charm, Going Through, "What a Rush" 00:55 17-20 The Other Side, No Way Back, Base Camp, Tracks 01:00 21-24 Mining Camp, Meeting Kasuf, Return to the City, Sandstorm 01:08 25-28 Like A Chicken, Sha'Uri, "How Hard Could It Be?", Arrival of Ra 01:12 29-32 Anubis, Smoking Buddies, Language Lesson, Ra Awakens 01:16 33-36 Looking for Jackson, Ancient History, Back to the Pyramid, Captured 01:20 37-40 Audience with Ra, Punishment, Jackson Reborn, Execution 01:25 41-44 Escape, Shelter from the Storm, A Hurry to Die, Ra's Wrath 01:29 45-48 Husband's Work, Look at Your Gods, Sneaking In, Aerial Attack 01:35 49-52 Seven Minutes, Darkest Hour, Egyptian Cavalry, The End of Ra 01:39 53-54 Goodbyes, Ent Titles 01:46 Back to the DVD Start Menu
The other videos I've made from the Stargate Special Edition DVD:
Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu, Cast and Crew
On
this video I go through the Stargate Special Edition DVD start menu to
then select the Cast and Crew option. I do a quick view of all the
available cast and crew then go back and select each one to go through
their info. The info available for each is their biography and
filmography.
Below the time stamp if you'd like to jump to each:
00:00 Stargate Special Edition 00:15 DVD Start Menu 00:25 Cast and Crew Menu 00:47 Kurt Russell 01:20 James Spader 01:41 Jaye Davidson 01:53 John Diehl 02:09 French Stuart 02:21 Christopher Fields 02:29 Derek Webster 02:37 Mili Avital 02:49 Roland Emmerich 02:59 Dean Devlin 03:06 Mario Kassar 03:16 Joel B Michaels 03:25 Oliver Eberle 03:47 Back to the DVD Start Menu
The other videos I've made from the Stargate Special Edition DVD:
These are the production notes as presented on the Stargate Special Edition DVD.I selected the Production Notes option from the menu after allowing the DVD Start Menu audio to play once completely. After going through the production notes I went back to the main menu.
I initially thought of adding a snippet of the audio from the intro of the movie itself because the production notes have no audio while you scroll through to read them, but decided to keep it as is because the sharing of this is intended to be as close as possible as if you are playing it on your own DVD player connected to the television.
Although you can paus the video to read the production notes, I've typed them up below:
Production Notes
Even in film school, Roland Emmerich fantasized about directing a science-fiction film set against the background of the ancient pyramids of Egypt. Ten years later when he cast Dean Devlin to act in Moon 44, Emmerich realized one of the pieces he needed had materialized.
Devlin was a writer as well as an actor. Because of their friendship and mutual admiration on Moon 44, Emmerich brought Devlin into his company, Centurion Film Productions. Devlin had a sci-fi project of his own min, one that he described as "Lawrence of Arabia in Outer Space."
Almost simultaneously the tow partners saw a retrospect of Egyptian Epic, including The Ten Commandments, El Cid, and Spartacus. The moderator of the event was Charlton Heston, who said films like those were far too expensive to make today. Challenged, the duo began writing Stargate.
The adventure caught the imagination of Le Studio Caanal +, who along with its French parent company, Canal +, had helped finance several films, including Cliffhanger and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Le Studio Canal + brought the project to Executive Producer Mario Kassar, and Stargate launched.
Stargate took months of careful preparation by a team of conceptual artists unrivaled in the industry. Conceptual designer Patrick Tatopolous came aboard to create the looks of the alien life forms. Production designer Hernert Gross assembled a team to create the designs for sets, including landscapes, vehicles and props for the palace.
Before production commenced, Peter Mitchell Rubin, who had created a computerized system of storyboarding, spent weeks turning blueprints, sketches and verbal descriptions into realistic images. With the computer Rubin provided filmmakers with three-dimensional storyboards that could display depth of focus and lighting.
In such a way, Rubin placed cameras in "sets" that had not even been built. Next he added his team's renderings of the characters in action to composite. The results astonished the filmmakers. Said Devlin: "It was almost as if we had a test shoot of the film before we had started filming."
Costume designer Joseph Porro had the daunting task of clothing thousands of people for a story that spans ten centuries. With no research available on fashion in 8,000 BC, Porro simply had to guess. "I don't know if it's accurate," he admits, "but I hope it's pleasing to the eye." Porro's costume designs for Abydos had to blend the style of ancient Egypt with the unknown of something Alien. The problem emerged that nowhere in the world could he find these material. Consequently Porro's team set out to make everything by hand.
For the slave population in the city of Nagada, Porro and his staff manufactured four-to-five thousand garments all inspired by those of ancient Bedouins. The costumes of Ra's palace required a different approach: airbrushes, latex paints, and intricate embroidery were applied to bilks, linens and velvets to give the fabrics an otherworldly effect.
Porrod ornately embellished palace costumes with hand-made beads and jewels. He and his team created every piece of jewelry as an original; they individually designed every bead, every scarab and every ornament. Porro even sculpted crude sandstone versions of the jewelry for wear by the film's many extras.
No ordinary soundstage had enough capacity to hold the magnificent main chamber of Ra's Palace; so the filmmakers decided to build the chamber themselves. It found home in the same cavernous come in Long Beach, Californie, that had once housed the famous Spruce Goose. The completed set measured over 300 feet long, 60 feet wide and 40 feet high, and was sculpted, engraved, painted and polished in its entirety.
A rare tool known as an "anarouter" created the engraved hieroglyphics. Ordinarily used for sing-making, the machine was able to do the engraving of 100 workers in one day. One of only nine in the world, the anarouter utilized in Stargate marks the first-time ever use of such a machine in film.
After scouting locations in the United States and Mexico, Emmerich and veteran location manager, Ken Fix, chose a barren are surrounding Yuma, Arizona. This area would serve as the desert landscaping for both planets. Chosen not only fir its vast sand dunes, Yuma had the good fortune to be in close proximity to Los Angeles.
Beyond temperatures of more than 125 degrees, the desert locale produced enormous hurdles. Tons of equipment needed transport across soft surfaces. For this feat the filmmakers employed a hone-combed, rubber-like material called "geoweb." When rolled onto the sand and wetted down, the geoweb formed an instant road.
Keeping the sand dunes pristine during a day of shooting proved nightmarish. The slightest mar or footprint meant the dune lost its perfect look. To make matter worse, the film shot during the height of dune buggy season. Crews were often forced to move to another dune to avoid capturing tracks on camera.
Crews also combated "sand prints" by using giant jet fans and helicopters to blow sand back to its original condition. In the end nature demanded a less technological solution, and a brigade of persons with brooms-dune sweepers-were kept on constant call.
Filming for the Giza dig site and 8,000 BC locations completed at the Ft. Yuma Indian Reservation. From there the filmmakers moved to Imperial Valley's Buttercup Valley, where they battled dust, scorpions and rattlesnakes. In the end the full crew numbers approximately 450 people, and the full cast contains over 15, 000 extras.
Due to the extreme heat of the region, costume and make-up departments were required to arrive on set at 4:00 AM before temperatures soared. In an effort to keep hydrated, crew, cast and extras found themselves consuming between 12,000 and 15,000 gallons of water each day. To keep the beverages cold, the producers brought between 8,000 and 12,000 pounds of ice on set every day.
to create the unique language spoken in Stargate, the filmmakers called on the expertise of Stuart Tyson Smith, PH.D., a research associate at the Institute of Archeology at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Smith linguistically assembled the form ancient Egyptian could have become after thousands of years.
James Spader, whose character is a linguist as well as an Egyptologist, found Smith invaluable as a dialect coach and technical advisor. For his part, Kurt Russel quipped, "I quickly went over the script and said, 'now wait a minute, I don't have to say a word of this ever, do I?'"
The actors had a great time on the set. "Roland runs a fun set, and I think that's an important aspect of making a movie," said Russell. Regarding Russell, Spader said, "If you're going out to the middle of the desert and you want to keep your head, he's a great guy to have along."
Principal photography completed the last week of December 1993. Phase two began with a model shoot in the Santa Clarita stages. During this time a 6.6 degree earthquake rocked the studios. Luckily no one was filming, but the earthquake leveled the stage and destroyed several models, causing a shooting delay of several weeks.
These are the names of the two new playlist sections I created for the No Tan Diario Chronicles YouTube Channel. If you remember, I'd previously wrote about creating additional, Future Playlists, that may help me eliminate the clutter. Most of the new playlist will be part of that process. A few of the new playlists to be created will be to help re-organize some of my past videos into more specific categories with the idea that they will better fit into them, specially as I make new videos. Some of the videos may have some slight overlap with other playlist.
I haven't created any new videos for them yet because I decided to first go through previous videos that fit the categories and updating them to each. Most of them were in the Asi Es La Vida playlist, which is the playlist that encompasses videos & photo collages that do not fit into any other of my specific playlists and may include a multitude of categories: #AsiEsLaVida, #Life, #Family, #pets, #Travel, #Festivals, #Garden, & miscellaneous.
Each playlist section will contain multiple playlist categories and will be updated on this post as they come to fruition.
This playlist is organized by upload date, featuring Videos & Photo Collages of bits of printed history. Clippings and Excerpts from Magazines, Books, Newspapers, News Clippings, Comics, Pamphlets, etc., and that are not related to my other playlist categories.
This playlist is organized by upload date, featuring Videos & Photo Collages celebrating my collection of bags that held my things and my memories. Bags, Tote Bags, Backpacks, Grocery Totes, etc.
This playlist is organized by upload date. It features Videos & Photo Collages related to branded merchandise, freebies, souvenirs, and branded items I've received throughout the years.
This
playlist is organized by upload date. It features Videos & Photo
Collages of the Small things that made big statements on jackets, bags,
lanyards, and more. Think Buttons, Stickers, Patches, Corsages, Pins,
Badge Buddies, lapels, and more.
This playlist is organized by oldest to newest date of witchy event. It features Videos & Photo Collages related to my magickal past, present, and possible future. 🧹 My witchy corner if you will.
This playlist is organized by upload date. It features some of the items that have dressed up my life. Mostly Shirts and t-shirts, Hats, Socks, Clothes, ties, and others.
***2026-08-19
Update: Added the Paper Trails playlist. Also, about a week or so ago
added the Mystical Magick playlist but forgot to add the update date
note.
Vertical version of the compilation of the four audio tracks we made using audio loops in 2023. For this version we modified the titles so they would fit, used transitions between the tracks, and has bit more movement due to wanting each corresponding track image seen in their entirety, then zooming in to fill the screen as the audio plays.
These were our first tracks made using audio loops we acquired with commercial rights as we dove into creating our own audio for our videos. We decided to make the compilation to give you an insight into our headspace at the time.
The first three tracks were created as we loosely played with audio loops. The fourth track, Winter Solstice Wonderland, was created with a bit more of a thought process because we had prompted the creation of several AI generated images that would celebrate/feature the Winter Solstice and made the track to fit that theme. We made and uploaded a version with the images as is and another zooming into them.
Audio: "My First Attempt at a Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone Argument Explodes, Clunky Fantasy Intro, and Winter Solstice Wonderland - The Track" all by Amalgam Creative Arts
Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu, Special Features Menu, Teaser, and Trailer
Hello yawl! So here you have now the DVD Start Menu, the Special Features Menu, the Teaser and the Trailer.
On this video you see the DVD Start Menu from which I select the Special Features Menu. The Special Features Menu has three options: Audio Features, Play Teaser, and Play Trailer. Once the audio on the Special Features menu begins to loop along with video snips on it, I selected Audio Features which takes to the two options which are: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin Commentary and Dolby 5.1. I then go back to the Special Features Menu and select Play Teaser. After watching the teaser I selected Play Trailer, not shown on screen, and played the trailer.
On this one I didn't let the complete audio of the DVD Start Menu play because I'd previously uploaded just the Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu → https://youtu.be/fYvneMs2gOU itself.
For this extraction I used VLC itself and then screen captured. If you want some insight as to why I've decided to use VLC you can read the description of Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu - PowerDVD 24 PC Mode vs TV Mode → https://youtu.be/v4OEvyAZ8zI
I hope you find this helpful on whether to seek out and get yourself a copy of this Stargate Special Edition DVD and if nothing else at least encourage you to go watch the movie which is one of my all-time favorites.
Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu - PowerDVD 24 PC Mode vs TV Mode
This is the start Menu of the Stargate Special Edition DVD. If you don't make a selection the audio you hear here repeats itself.
I'd previously extracted and uploaded the Stargate Special Edition | DVD Start Menu → https://youtu.be/fYvneMs2gOU using PowerDVD 24 PC mode. I wanted to see if there was a difference if using PowerDVD TV mode, hence this video to compare. For this video, I also decided to include a photo of the DVD before the start of each which you can also view on: Stargate Special Edition | DVD Case and Booklet Insert → https://youtu.be/LsH9prhdK7o
When I used PowerDVD 24 PC Mode to play this on my computer, it gave me a slightly fuzzy and flickering menu. The actual movie, as well as the teaser and trailer, played ok. When I used PowerDVD 24 TV Mode to play this on my computer, it gave me a crisp menu but it pixelated some of the actual video, including the teaser, and trailer.
The other player I tried was VLC media player which didn't play the initial 25 seconds where you see the Artisan Entertainment logo nor the video before the menu. It started right at the menu but it provided crisp menu and all video played perfectly ok. Since there is no membership to use for VLC it is likely the one I'll continue to use until I find one that would play a DVD as if inserted into an old school DVD player connected to a TV.
So just know the player you use as well as any modes or options for play may make a difference on what plays and how it looks.
This is a compilation of the four audio tracks we made using audio loops in 2023. They were our first tracks made using audio loops we acquired with commercial rights as we dove into creating our own audio for our videos. We decided to make the compilation to give you an insight into our headspace at the time.
The first three tracks were created as we loosely played with audio loops. The fourth track, Winter Solstice Wonderland, was created with a bit more of a thought process because we had prompted the creation of several AI generated images that would celebrate/feature the Winter Solstice and made the track to fit that theme. We made and uploaded a version with the images as is and another zooming into them.
#audio #music #SoundEffects Audio: "My First Attempt at a Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone Argument Explodes, Clunky Fantasy Intro, and Winter Solstice Wonderland - The Track" all by Amalgam Creative Arts
Amalgam Creative Arts is about creating without restrictions. A fusion of Arts & Crafts, Lotions, Potions, and more! #BeCreative #BeInspired
We
created the Amalgam Creative Arts channel and Facebook, Instagram, etc.
to share what we create and to inspire you and ourselves to be
creative. A space where with even a small amount of imagination anyone
can make something. We also share what some of those around us create.
Our
approach to creating arts and crafts is using anything you have access
to, because we believe that having the privilege of obtaining the
necessary art supplies shouldn't hinder anyone from producing what is in
your mind. This is why we point out on our channel intro that Amalgam
Creative Arts is about creating without restrictions. Our preference has
always been to use anything that we may have at our disposal to make
something out of it. You could say we are a mixed-media type of outlet.
We
encourage you, and in turn ourselves, to be inspired and create using
any medium. This is why we believe that AI tools can be a catalyst for
creativity, specially for those with limited access, disabilities, etc.
Also why we've generally used the ones that offer low or no cost options
and why we opt to include the generator and other details on any
AI-powered creations. However, because of the implications of using AI,
we have decided to limit/eliminate our use of AI for the foreseeable
future. Now, you'll still see some of our AI-Powered Creations because
we still have plenty that we haven't shared.
This is the start Menu of the Stargate Special Edition DVD. If you don't make a selection the audio repeats itself.
I used PowerDVD 24 PC Mode to play this on my computer which, as you can see, gave me a slightly fuzzy and flickering menu. The actual movie, as well as the teaser and trailer, played ok.
This is a collage of photos & videos that I took of my notebook of ideas and the old school binder I'm transferring it to because it has reached its capacity.
It's been almost 18 years, this coming August 2026, of my first video upload back in August of 2008 and deciding that I would upload every video I had from any moment, event, and festival, in my life, and being an extension of my blog at the time. At that time I decided to use the notebook you see here to list, categorize, and organize them.
The amount of videos and categories increased in 2017 when I decided to also make videos from the photos taken of moments, events, and festivals, in my life. This evolved the channel to a sort of visual diary. In addition to these, I occasionally uploaded videos from other places like game extracts and auto-created videos from other socials. Around this time I also started to make videos for my creative channel, Amalgam Creative Arts, with a dedicated page in this notebook and later moving those to a different one.
The amount of videos and categories once again increased in 2025 when I solidified my channel name and slogan, that I'd previously renamed multiple times, and began to also create videos from mixtapes, DVDs, VHS, CDs, and others.
With my newest idea to document eliminated items, which I sometimes refer to as #FotosDeCosasEliminadasParaRecordarlas, and others I have in mind, the amount of videos and categories are increasing again. Moving my notebook of ideas to the binder shown will allow me to add pages as needed.
========== Links to videos and blogs of moments previously mentioned. ==========
=== My first ever video upload: Billy Bob playing with a local band in Memphis, TN, USA ~ August 3, 2008 → https://youtu.be/Eo-bxR0gSPM
Audio: Narration by myself. Ambient sounds from the video recordings themselves. Background music is "A Tale of Fantasy" by Amalgam Creative Arts → https://www.youtube.com/@AmalgamCreativeArts
Happy Pride Month! 🌈🌈🌈 #PrideMonth is celebrated every June. The catalyst of the modern day movement towards LGBTQ+ rights was the Stonewall Riots in 1969. The month of June was chosen to commemorate this.
Amalgam Creative Arts ========================= Hemp Thread Braid! =========================
The image of this video is from 2017 and had originally shared via our Instagram, Facebook, and X(Twitter at the time). We made a short video of it that was uploaded to YouTube on November of 2023. An updated version that included our name on the video itself was made on September 2024, which we shared on TikTok and YouTube.
🗒 From the original post: Four strand hemp thread braid to be used as the hanger on the back of a project.
"📲 As Seen On...!" is the new name of our playlist, formerly titled "As Seen On TikTok!"
Why the change?
We decided to make this update because we wanted to have one playlist that would feature the videos we share on various platforms outside of YouTube, not just TikTok. It allows us to continue featuring many of our favorite YouTube videos that we've shared with those communities, some which have been edited or enhanced. Any newly generation versions will continue to also be found on their respective categories.
My second post after creating No Tan Diario Chronicles blogspot in January 2025, was about the labels and playlists that I would use and the hope to streamline them a bit so that they correlate better with the YouTube channel because my blog is now more of a video blog. At the time, I included my then playlists in alphabetical order and linked to them.
The two posts prior to this one have some of the recent updates on some of those playlists. Scroll back if you want to read about and/or watch those. You could also just head on over to the No Tan Diario Chronicles YouTube Channel to watch.
Now for the purpose of this post, Future Playlists.
I've shared in the past that I struggle with Eliminating Clutter, and one of the things that has helped is taking a photo or video that I would then post on Instagram with the #FotosDeCosasEliminadasParaRecordarlas,with the actual physical item donated and sometimes discarded. These are a couple of videos on my YouTube channel related to this:
What I Wore. ~ 07 June 2010
Was wearing my Batman t-shirt. ~ 12 June 2010
After my beautiful mother passed at the end of 2019, I found myself with quite a bit more stuff to eliminate. Here a video of one such item.
Michael Jordan - McDonald's Souvenir Cup
Reducing the amount of items like those wasn't too much of a struggle as are the more personal items. Admittedly, it's been more difficult than I wish it was. I've also acquired items from other relatives that have passed.
Why do I share this and what does it have to do with future playlists?
Because my preferred method of sharing is with YouTube videos/shorts/posts, I've decided that I'll be creating new/additional playlists with the hope that they help with this. I've got the gist of what those will entail and will update as they come to fruition.
Although it took me almost a year, I finally have at least one video for each of the playlists that are part of my 📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey. They are also much more clearly defined in terms of what each entails.
A personal archive of digitized cassette tapes and vinyl records from my own collection—each track preserved with all its authentic imperfections, warm hiss, and nostalgic crackle. These are raw, unfiltered sounds from another era, carefully transferred with minimal clean up.
The hidden gems of my DVD collection include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes clips, my favorite scenes, forgotten extras, and occasionally videos about the packaging, inserts, booklets, or unboxing. In many cases, the best moments weren't in the main feature.
A chaotic collection of forgotten MP3s, mislabeled tracks, and questionable rips from the wild west of P2P sharing—BearShare, Kazaa, LimeWire, and beyond. Relive the thrill of downloading a 'song' and getting something... unexpected.
A time capsule of VHS memories that may include retro commercials, vintage TV clips, and movies, all with that warm, warbly charm. Press play and relive the analog era.
After some thought, I've decided that the labels A Chronological Journey & An Evolving Upload Journey don't really make sense on the blog because they are really just specific playlists on the YouTube channel. This will be the last post that will use them as labels for the blog, but please enjoy them on the YouTube.
Stargate Special Edition | DVD Case and Booklet Insert
Because Stargate is one of my all-time favorite movies, I decided that it would be fitting that showing the front and back of the DVD Case, opening the case, and paging through the booklet insert would be the first video of my playlist titled "📀 Bonus Features." → https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16w-SVd2cc1QpaBpDBatReWeUUwWAhyU&si=zJLEQxtuTbUO50-u
My original plan was to video myself doing that. However, I chose to make an image collage video using scans and photos due to the glare I kept getting from my camera. I did extract a few images from the footage, along with the sounds, for this collage.
Audio: I stacked the sounds of me opening the DVD case and paging through the booklet insert along with, part of the beginning music from the movie itself, and the audio of the DVD menu.
The hidden gems of my DVD collection include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes clips, my favorite scenes, forgotten extras, and occasionally videos about the packaging, inserts, booklets, or unboxing. In many cases, the best moments weren't in the main feature.
📌 Note: Videos are ordered by upload date (oldest to newest), not by original recording date.
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